John Joseph Shute

Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute, CMG, DSO, TD, JP, DL (1873 – 13 September 1948) was a volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

In 1896 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, [LondonGazette|issue=26771|startpage=4821|date=25 August 1896|accessdate=2007-12-13] and in 1900 to captain. [LondonGazette|issue=27197|startpage=3411|date=29 May 1900|accessdate=2007-12-13] In 1908 he was transferred to the 5th Battalion of the regiment on the establishment of the Territorial Army. [LondonGazette|issue=28193|startpage=8036|date=6 November 1908|accessdate=2007-12-13] He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), [LondonGazette|issue=29608|supp=yes|startpage=5566|endpage=5569|date=2 June 1916|accessdate=2007-12-13] the Territorial Decoration (TD) [LondonGazette|issue=29656|startpage=6743|endpage=6744|date=7 July 1916|accessdate=2007-12-13] and in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for his military services. [LondonGazette|issue=30716|supp=yes|startpage=6452|endpage=6453|date=31 May 1918|accessdate=2007-12-13] He remained in the TA after the war, being promoted to Colonel in 1923. [LondonGazette|issue=32821|startpage=3315|date=8 May 1923|accessdate=2007-12-13] He retired in 1930. [LondonGazette|issue=33652|startpage=6249|date=14 October 1930|accessdate=2007-12-13]

His business career saw him acting as a partner in various Liverpool-based firms of cotton brokers. [LondonGazette|issue=28860|startpage=6121|date=4 August 1914|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=31581|startpage=12179|date=3 October 1919|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33439|startpage=7507|date=16 November 1928|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=37292|startpage=4870|date=2 October 1945|accessdate=2007-12-13]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange at a by-election in 1933 following the death of the Conservative MP Sir James Reynolds. Shute was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate Bessie Braddock.

In 1921 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County Palatine of Lancaster. [LondonGazette|issue=32339|startpage=4301|date=31 May 1921|accessdate=2007-12-13] He was knighted in the New Year Honours list, 1935, "for political, public and social services in Lancashire, particularly in Liverpool". [LondonGazette|issue=34119|supp=yes|startpage=1|endpage=2|date=28 December 1934|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34135|startpage=1269|date=22 February 1935|accessdate=2007-12-13] In 1938 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of a sub-unit of the Royal Army Service Corps, [LondonGazette|issue=34509|startpage=3024|date=10 May 1938|accessdate=2007-12-13] reliquishing the appointment in 1948. [LondonGazette|issue=38301|supp=yes|startpage=3188|date=25 May 1948|accessdate=2007-12-13]

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*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origdate= |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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